Baseball Conversion at the Alamodome

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  • @eamonnmaccionnaith5761
    @eamonnmaccionnaith5761 6 років тому +341

    Do they do this often? The amount of work involved is incredible and despite their best efforts, the end result looks shoddy.

  • @mikehenry7427
    @mikehenry7427 6 років тому +151

    Seems like a hell of a lot of effort for two games.

  • @Double.J
    @Double.J 5 років тому +576

    That baseball field looks like absolute crap. I thought the Tampa Bay Rays have the worst, but here I have been corrected.

    • @MotionCC
      @MotionCC 5 років тому +8

      DoubleJ The Oakland coliseum is still worse

    • @jbsmg
      @jbsmg 5 років тому +53

      Tampa has a major league franchise. San Antonio is just doing an exhibition game.

    • @daveschwartz5893
      @daveschwartz5893 5 років тому +36

      @@jbsmg exactly. Comparing a fixed field to temporary is ridiculous.

    • @wedeni3220
      @wedeni3220 5 років тому +6

      Tampa isn’t even that bad

    • @JDMatthias
      @JDMatthias 5 років тому

      This looks like a field rolled especially for baseball which isnt used in San Antonio much

  • @trilliante7732
    @trilliante7732 7 років тому +1433

    This is the worst looking baseball field that I have ever seen.

    • @michaelhartman683
      @michaelhartman683 5 років тому +28

      Did you see the old MetroDome in baseball configuration? Nothing worse than that.

    • @3rdPlaya0709
      @3rdPlaya0709 5 років тому +64

      Michael Hartman actually the metrodome had a way better baseball field than this. The metrodome was actually designed to be a baseball stadium so its dimensions and surface were far superior to this. How would I know? I am from Minnesota and have been to multiple games and events at the beloved metrodome

    • @michaelhartman683
      @michaelhartman683 5 років тому +5

      @@3rdPlaya0709 That's a pretty low bar to clear.

    • @3rdPlaya0709
      @3rdPlaya0709 5 років тому +4

      Michael Hartman the metrodome was amazing.

    • @3rdPlaya0709
      @3rdPlaya0709 5 років тому +7

      Michael Hartman ua-cam.com/video/wPFxiPtRY8U/v-deo.html
      This explains it all pretty well and you will see that the dome was FAR superior for baseball than whatever this shit we just watched is.

  • @ForceMaximus84
    @ForceMaximus84 7 років тому +427

    That grass looks so weird. Like it’s a glitchy LED screen.

    • @Ghostrider6A
      @Ghostrider6A 6 років тому +9

      No grass inside. That's all artificial.

    • @braiden3649
      @braiden3649 5 років тому +5

      It’s called turf

    • @nxt4150
      @nxt4150 5 років тому +3

      @@Ghostrider6A it could still be maintained a little better

  • @markmalasics8413
    @markmalasics8413 3 роки тому +25

    A couple things to look for: 2:48 The mother-ship from Close Encounters lands and then leaves. 3:32 Burying Jimmy Hoffa near home plate.

  • @daboys1215
    @daboys1215 7 років тому +171

    Looks like a wet carpet in the basement after your washing machine backs up.

  • @toddhill6478
    @toddhill6478 5 років тому +69

    That was a lot of time work labor and money to convert that field for just 2 exhibition games.

    • @99somerville
      @99somerville 3 роки тому

      I'd like to know who paid for this. No way did it pay for itself.

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      @@99somerville Its mostly the same artificial turf used for UTSA football games, exceptions being in the infield, base sliding boxes, home plate area, and the pitcher's mound... Arenas and domes reconfigure for a lot of events, this is normal...

  • @walterwidmaier198
    @walterwidmaier198 6 років тому +208

    hardly even worth it. looks tediously like a waste of time

    • @barnmaddo
      @barnmaddo 6 років тому +5

      Looks like it only took a dozen people less than a week to do the change. So not that much people time wasted. Hosting a concert there or w/e probably also requires quite a bit of time.

    • @qlvinc
      @qlvinc 5 років тому +8

      Walter Widmaier this is a temporary field you turds,, of course it’s not going to look as good a permanent field

    • @Khorzho
      @Khorzho 4 роки тому +1

      I agree. The machinery and time it takes to 'convert' this stadium from one sport to another is awful. Just build an outdoor field ffs.

    • @3John-Bishop
      @3John-Bishop 4 роки тому +1

      All this for just one game?

    • @Ribo138
      @Ribo138 3 роки тому

      The only thing tedious would be explaining to an imbecile the benefits of multi purpose facilities such as these. And the only thing wasteful was me reading your comment and wasting the seconds of my life to call out a social media drone parroting the same “wasteful” comments on industrial style videos showing the amazing talents of man kind. I feel sorry for you and the small mindset you have to only see the surface level of these videos and not be in awe at the thousands of years that led mankind to be such a great mover of time and space. I could go on but I’ll wait for a reply and see if you have the brain power to at least give me a small burn or call out one of my statements that you can find a pinhole in.

  • @haydenkerr6771
    @haydenkerr6771 5 років тому +177

    As a San Antonian, the Alamodome is an absolute embarrassment to the city and it’s sports

    • @raphaelgomez604
      @raphaelgomez604 5 років тому

      Homie Legend 6 this is true

    • @mattdajedi
      @mattdajedi 5 років тому +12

      And people want an NFL team to play in there, Absolutely atrocious. All of our Stadiums are crap. The At&T Center is in an industrial part of the city with is terrible. I wish we would upgrade the Alamodome and build a basketball arena downtown, and also improve our downtown skyline.

    • @andylasceski
      @andylasceski 4 роки тому +4

      Monster jam is good in the Alamodome

    • @steinyy923
      @steinyy923 4 роки тому

      Homie Legend 6 yeah I live in SA too and I hope they build something better in the future. Only thing the Alamodome is good for is the rodeo. And that’s a stretch

    • @prosportsclips5564
      @prosportsclips5564 4 роки тому

      TheeKIDMatt you also need it to be for hockey too :p (rampage)

  • @lwbossie
    @lwbossie 3 роки тому +8

    So that's why bud light is 12$ a can

  • @zachlafleur6651
    @zachlafleur6651 7 років тому +48

    I looked up the dimensions of the baseball field inside Alamodome and it is quite like the old Baker Bowl in Philadelphia (except shorter right up the middle). That, and being indoors with a capacity for baseball of just a few hundred less than our old Tiger Stadium in Detroit. Definitely not BC Place or the HHH Metronome, but suitable for temporary use for baseball, basketball, arena and Stadium concerts, as well as a more permanent use for soccer or American football.

    • @michaelbauer8778
      @michaelbauer8778 2 роки тому

      What is soccer?

    • @zachlafleur6651
      @zachlafleur6651 2 роки тому +2

      @Michael Bauer It is a ball sport where the ball is kicked, or head butted toward a goal in a way that only the goal keeper can touch it with their hands. Other than in the U.S. it is called football, whereas our football here is a totally different game. It is also called association football here in the U.S. as well as other countries around the world.

  • @unrootz
    @unrootz 5 років тому +21

    Anyone else notice the driver fall out at 5:31?

    • @GeorgeDubya43
      @GeorgeDubya43 5 років тому

      For which vehicle

    • @ddomino4
      @ddomino4 5 років тому +1

      @@GeorgeDubya43 The big white semi truck in the middle. If you watch it on slow motion speed on your phone you can kind of see it. You can also see the ambulance pull up right beside it.

    • @jeffreymartinez6064
      @jeffreymartinez6064 4 роки тому

      How do you get so hurt by falling out of a truck

    • @Cain-x
      @Cain-x 4 роки тому +1

      Good catch - there was an ambulance that took the driver away.

    • @ssimon84
      @ssimon84 Рік тому

      Frame by frame, he walked over to the other side of his truck, then went back to his door, opened it, then was flat on the ground and didn't move until the ambulance took him away. My initial thought is that he had a heart attack.

  • @willhyten498
    @willhyten498 8 років тому +49

    Why did they put dirt under the Astroturf if they weren't going to directly play on it when there's infill for the turf?

    • @262melo
      @262melo 8 років тому +7

      for the bases and the pitching mound

    • @DaTwistedOne1
      @DaTwistedOne1 7 років тому +20

      In baseball the infield is slightly higher then the outfield. An MLB field must have slight pitch from infield to outfield.

    • @hazelwood55
      @hazelwood55 6 років тому +15

      Probably to soften up the field for balls chopped on the ground. It would give a truer bounce than astroturf over concrete.

    • @rory4814
      @rory4814 5 років тому +1

      @PStar7 *They're

  • @dylanwallace2031
    @dylanwallace2031 5 років тому +7

    Just looked this up that the rangers played a couple exhibition games here at the end of spring training only like five baseball games were played here

  • @bastscho
    @bastscho 3 роки тому +7

    There is so much logistics behind this. Absolutely crazy!

  • @danielr4640
    @danielr4640 5 років тому +20

    I didn’t know the Alamodome had a baseball game in there until I seen this video. Amazing

    • @boahneelassmal
      @boahneelassmal Рік тому

      this is - by ll means - not exactly what I would call amazing^^

  • @joeisles7186
    @joeisles7186 7 років тому +98

    How many HR did leftys hit

    • @BHV0810
      @BHV0810 7 років тому +11

      About 1M

    • @BHV0810
      @BHV0810 7 років тому +1

      And also, the wall in right is higher than you think..

  • @chewlew2818
    @chewlew2818 5 років тому +26

    This is actually just insane

    • @BAYBAY_316
      @BAYBAY_316 Рік тому

      It's a lot of work to watch guys hit a ball and run around

  • @kennethriley377
    @kennethriley377 4 роки тому +5

    What happened at 5:31 ? Someone got hurt... Few frames before ambulance got there someone was on the ground surrounded by people.

    • @DanChampionJr
      @DanChampionJr 3 роки тому +3

      My guess is the truck driver got hurt.
      1. Right outside his drivers door.
      2. They stopped loading his truck and brought in others.
      3. They unloaded his truck back into the pile it left empty.

    • @CrestfallenChameleon
      @CrestfallenChameleon 3 роки тому

      good catch! didn't notice it before

  • @MacDaddyRico
    @MacDaddyRico Рік тому +2

    There's one good reason a hot dog and a coke will cost you $12 at the ballpark...

  • @erickettler2345
    @erickettler2345 5 років тому +42

    Ugliest baseball field I have seen in my life

  • @kennethduncan3922
    @kennethduncan3922 Рік тому +1

    How do they keep the buckets of the loaders from scratching the concrete surface as they load the dirt?

  • @mzpogi
    @mzpogi 4 роки тому +10

    As a filipino I will never ever forget this dome because this is the venue were Manny Pacquiao became a superstar in boxing when he knockout Marco Antonio Barrera for the World Featherweight Championship

  • @TheRealLink
    @TheRealLink 4 роки тому +6

    A fascinating, pretty quick transformation for sure, but as others said you'd imagine the end result looking a bit different.

  • @pasqualz
    @pasqualz 5 років тому +5

    Would be nice if viewers knew how long this time lapse took. Can’t be sure but seems like at least 7 days which seems like a long time to do a conversion.

    • @zhoubiden6003
      @zhoubiden6003 2 роки тому

      I mean seeing the entire baseball game flash by in like ten seconds showed alot

  • @josephbradley9778
    @josephbradley9778 4 роки тому +6

    Left field looks like 420 feet and right looks like 260.

  • @Engineer9736
    @Engineer9736 3 роки тому +5

    Lmao of the entire 6 minutes of sped up work, there was 15 seconds of actual event (from 4:08 to 4:23 ) 😂 Cleanup looked a lot easier than the setup luckily.

  • @windsor9064
    @windsor9064 5 років тому +4

    I live in San Antonio and we go see events over at the alamodome

    • @vasthockey4382
      @vasthockey4382 5 років тому +3

      The Alive Chicken why did you feel the need to say this

  • @RND_ADV_X
    @RND_ADV_X Рік тому

    It looks like they keep bringing out soil for the diamond area, and then sweeping it up, and then bringing more out... What is going on?

  • @danielr4640
    @danielr4640 7 років тому +16

    I didn't know The Alamodome have baseball there too

    • @danieldougan269
      @danieldougan269 6 років тому +5

      Just a couple of exhibition games for the Rangers.

    • @Seanalbertt
      @Seanalbertt 5 років тому +1

      Well. As the saying goes. “Jack of all trades, master of none.”

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      @@Seanalbertt Its a multi purpose dome...

  • @nelsonbilly34
    @nelsonbilly34 5 років тому +2

    what were the dimensions to left and right

    • @avantjeef
      @avantjeef 4 роки тому

      Don't know the exact but right field looks nothing less than 300 ft tbh

  • @shahidkurd3805
    @shahidkurd3805 4 роки тому

    how long does it acully take my guess 24 hours how many workers

  • @princeofdarknessxyz1
    @princeofdarknessxyz1 5 років тому +1

    would be cool to check out a baseball game at alamodome

  • @samxyx
    @samxyx 3 роки тому

    Is the dirt really just sitting on top of concrete? Seems dangerous

  • @Staszu13
    @Staszu13 6 років тому +1

    they have to put dirt on the floor UNDER the infield?

    • @SDRacing88
      @SDRacing88 5 років тому

      Infield is slightly higher than the outfield

  • @benxvariety8878
    @benxvariety8878 5 років тому

    what i don't understand is wouldn't it be too easy to get a hr on that field? i mean what are the measurements? it looks like the right field wall is 40 feet from the edge of the infield

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      Granted the right field wall isn't far enough, but for a temporary venue for MLB exhibition games before the season starts, its okay... The Alamodome was built to be the football stadium for UTSA, but has failed to attract a NFL team. Too small for the NFL, but too big for UTSA. For a while it was the venue for the San Antonio Spurs NBA, while its been used for hockey, soccer, baseball, and rodeo... Basically a multi-purpose dome venue... If San Antonio ever landed a NFL or MLB franchise San Antonio would have to build a new stadium, but could use the Alamodome as a temporary venue until a new stadium is built. Most likely new locker rooms/clubhouses for a major league teams would have to be added... San Antonio could knock down the seating bowl beyond the right field fence to increase its size if necessary to please MLB...

  • @andymartinez5197
    @andymartinez5197 5 років тому

    They didn’t take BP before the second game?

  • @alitlweird
    @alitlweird 4 роки тому

    What’s the actual start to finish time?

  • @7mileDem
    @7mileDem 6 років тому +1

    What are the dimensions????? Center field look 450 ft.

  • @Alfsp1
    @Alfsp1 3 роки тому

    Did they play ?

  • @pacificnorthwestnative5050
    @pacificnorthwestnative5050 5 років тому

    I will take a guess, and be presumptuous to say that you work at that facility?

  • @xRestart
    @xRestart 6 років тому +25

    Only home runs righties gonna hit are inside the parks lmao

  • @RyanMiller3039
    @RyanMiller3039 Рік тому +1

    How often is this done and how much does it cost?
    Edit: All that for 2 or 3 baseball games???

    • @Time-LapseVideos
      @Time-LapseVideos  Рік тому +2

      It was done for about 3 years. The Rangers played 2 preseason games each year.

  • @beefwellington8646
    @beefwellington8646 4 роки тому +15

    “I’ll see you at the ALMAMO”
    -Kip James

    • @repost_6337
      @repost_6337 4 роки тому +1

      I understood that reference

  • @mattrost2574
    @mattrost2574 3 роки тому

    Is that grass made of velour? Why did they put a microthin layer of dirt under this cheap-looking grass in the infield?

  • @bigtuna4984
    @bigtuna4984 3 роки тому

    200ft to RF?

  • @TreverHapless
    @TreverHapless 3 роки тому +1

    Looks like a baseball field you’d build on Minecraft or something

  • @joshbuffalow
    @joshbuffalow 5 років тому

    I really like this video!!👍👍👍

  • @Peterson1451
    @Peterson1451 5 років тому +1

    Who’s the basketball team?

  • @11679MRT
    @11679MRT 5 років тому

    Isn't right field too short without a raised wall?

    • @mkay8334
      @mkay8334 5 років тому

      It’s probably about 300 feet so on the short end but not bad

  • @shallowsportsmen8992
    @shallowsportsmen8992 4 роки тому +11

    Im imagining a strong moldy carpet smell

    • @SFbayArea94121
      @SFbayArea94121 4 роки тому +2

      Shallow Sportsmen like at grandmas 👵 house

  • @danielkustra9071
    @danielkustra9071 3 роки тому

    @2:13 near middle of the screen where the turf is rolled back; the dirt stops before the boundary line so it slopes causing the ball to roll towards the boundary line instead of following it's momentum straight.
    P.s. Only an observation on what I seen. It may be a 'crown' for rain.. Unless it's a closed stadium🤔

  • @luispaulino917
    @luispaulino917 4 роки тому +1

    Grama sobre concreto?😱😱 Las lesiones en ese estadio deben estar por docenas.

  • @jwbogacki
    @jwbogacki 5 років тому +5

    Is this one built with a basement? lol!
    #peeweebigadventurereference

  • @danieldougan269
    @danieldougan269 6 років тому +2

    Can we just take a moment to marvel at that basketball setup? That's very fan-friendly for a dome. I guess it had to be since it used to host the Spurs. If they're going to keep hosting basketball there though, that center-hung scoreboard is looking extremely dated. I know they have bigger video boards on the outer walls, but they overlooked the hanging scoreboard when they renovated the place recently.

    • @iamspeters
      @iamspeters Рік тому

      What you saw for basketball was the UIL state tournaments for both boys and girls.

  • @tollboothjason
    @tollboothjason 7 років тому +2

    Who was playing basketball? UT?

    • @posysdogovych2065
      @posysdogovych2065 7 років тому +1

      UTSA

    • @KobaCrawls
      @KobaCrawls 6 років тому

      @@posysdogovych2065 No. It was Rangers v. LA Dodgers

    • @brianpacos4072
      @brianpacos4072 6 років тому +1

      @@KobaCrawls You're not so smart, are you?

    • @naoki0130
      @naoki0130 6 років тому

      Brian Pacos huh? It says in the description.

    • @brianpacos4072
      @brianpacos4072 6 років тому

      @@naoki0130 The question was about who was playing basketball before the conversion. I guess YOU are not so smart either.

  • @dogaemiramasyal8955
    @dogaemiramasyal8955 3 роки тому +1

    I think San Antonio would love an XFL team.

  • @dylanharris5673
    @dylanharris5673 3 роки тому

    I cant believe there was a baseball conversion at the Alamodome

  • @hawkofthereborn43
    @hawkofthereborn43 Рік тому +1

    It's. on. fucking. concrete.
    Might as well just not even bring real dirt in and paint the asphalt in baseball field colors

  • @blakem9109
    @blakem9109 5 років тому +1

    Is that an ambulance at 5:31?

    • @ssimon84
      @ssimon84 Рік тому +1

      Yes, it looks as if the driver of that truck had a medical emergency. Go frame by frame, you'll see him walking around the front of it, then goes back and opens his door, then is seen laying flat on his back until the ambulance removes him.

  • @2112joshman
    @2112joshman 5 років тому +3

    Right field is tiny

  • @WilsonTomines
    @WilsonTomines 5 років тому +4

    Next Video:Baseball To Hockey

  • @BaseballPlayer0
    @BaseballPlayer0 3 роки тому

    Where are the bullpens. RF is like 10 feet away.

  • @faithfamilyandcountry7452
    @faithfamilyandcountry7452 4 роки тому

    Who plays in the Alamo dome?

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      UTSA football team... The San Antonio Spurs did before their new arena was built...

  • @wmwarner9196
    @wmwarner9196 5 років тому

    Who played here and why?

    • @larrywt656
      @larrywt656 5 років тому

      For a few seasons, the Rangers played their final two games of spring training each year at the Alamodome (different opponents each year). The Rangers were trying to increase their fan support in San Antonio.

  • @Robsksas
    @Robsksas 3 роки тому +5

    The outside of the Alamodome looks like a dead cockroach laying on its back.

  • @chinorap7846
    @chinorap7846 Рік тому

    Segun yo ese estadio era el de los astros de houston no de los rangers de texas.

  • @clebo99
    @clebo99 5 років тому

    Was this a preseason game or something?

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      Preseason exhibition game after spring training...

  • @alexandermitchell9070
    @alexandermitchell9070 5 років тому

    They shouldn’t have had any lower deck at all in the outfield. That field is tiny. Granted, that would probably bring the capacity down to around 35,000 seats that wouldn’t have part of the outfield out of view but that capacity would be okay, at least for temporary use.

  • @jacques4223
    @jacques4223 Рік тому +2

    I can understand why professional Football, Baseball and Soccer franchises aim for newer single-sport facilities due to the amount resources needed for constant field conversion throughout an entire year.

  • @QAZ-OMEN
    @QAZ-OMEN 2 роки тому

    So the baseball field isn't even grass here ?

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      Domes don't have grass, they use artificial turf... Retractable dome stadium do have grass...

  • @deedas
    @deedas 5 років тому +1

    They never completed the stadium for the baseball games. WTH?

    • @larrywt656
      @larrywt656 5 років тому +1

      It was never intended for baseball. The minor league team has their own outdoor stadium, but it only seats about 9000 which was too small for the major league exhibition games, so they used the dome instead. The crowds for each of these games in San Antonio were surprisingly big.

  • @Jonas_Aa
    @Jonas_Aa 3 роки тому +1

    You missed a spot.

  • @ticksunbs4944
    @ticksunbs4944 3 роки тому +1

    So I’m watching a time lapse at 2x speed

  • @palehorse1511
    @palehorse1511 5 років тому +5

    Whine about ticket prices all you want but that is a hell of a lot of manhours to make these conversions.

  • @jamesk1301
    @jamesk1301 4 роки тому

    The gaps in the outfield are like Polo Grounds

    • @theoddchild6090
      @theoddchild6090 4 роки тому

      It’s not as far as you think
      But this field looks trash

  • @bigworm2816
    @bigworm2816 7 років тому +2

    This is really satisfying.

  • @noobforpresident2024
    @noobforpresident2024 6 років тому

    Wait I'm confused. If the Rangers still played at the Alamodome in 2015 then how long did they play at globe life park? The reason I'm asking this is because the Rangers new ball park (Globe Life Field) is already under construction.

    • @Time-LapseVideos
      @Time-LapseVideos  6 років тому +1

      This is just a preseason game, the Rangers don't normally play at the Alamodome.

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      This was a two game exhibition series at the Alamodome at the end of spring training and before the regular season started...

  • @Fitzcam1
    @Fitzcam1 3 роки тому +1

    Impressive but what a pain in the ass. Wow.

  • @戦う顔しているベイファン

    どこのスタジアム?

  • @byra4171
    @byra4171 4 роки тому

    This looks a little bit like the Expos stadium

  • @georgehenry76
    @georgehenry76 Рік тому

    This makes Tropicana Field look like Camden Yards

  • @axewolfe1759
    @axewolfe1759 6 років тому

    Where is that?

    • @joemartin1253
      @joemartin1253 6 років тому

      Axe Wolfe The Alamodome San Antonio can't you read??

    • @axewolfe1759
      @axewolfe1759 6 років тому

      Where does it say that

    • @jaseaceq108
      @jaseaceq108 6 років тому +2

      @@axewolfe1759 Bruh it's literally at the start of the video

    • @axewolfe1759
      @axewolfe1759 6 років тому

      JaseAceQ thank you

  • @cJeremy
    @cJeremy 6 років тому +8

    wtf is the point. why not just go outside and play.. my goodness

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      To play a couple of exhibition MLB games in San Antonio and Central Texas as the Rangers and Astros hope to entice some of their Central Texas fans to Arlington and Houston to attend MLB games... Both teams games are broadcasted to Central Texas via cable and their teams television networks... The combined metros of San Antonio and Austin is approaching SIX million, larger than many MLB team city metros... Central Texas is too large for the Rangers and Astros to ignore... While these games didn't sell out the Alamodome, the Oakland A's would love to have as many fans attend their games presently...

  • @crumbummin9459
    @crumbummin9459 4 роки тому

    looks just like the metrodome when it had a dual purpose setup

  • @OnlyOneNation74
    @OnlyOneNation74 2 роки тому

    How deep is left field lmao

  • @b07x
    @b07x 3 роки тому +1

    Wtf this video has 666k views as its 6 min long

  • @jim2lane
    @jim2lane 3 роки тому +1

    I didn't see any dirt under the outfield, so outfielders extending for a catch are literally diving on top of concrete in this stadium 😒

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      It's a temporary baseball stadium for a two game exhibition series at the end of spring training...

    • @jim2lane
      @jim2lane Рік тому

      @@ronclark9724 ok - but I stand by my prior statement

  • @alexledesma4863
    @alexledesma4863 6 років тому

    Why did the rangers play here when they are based off of Dallas?????

    • @Time-LapseVideos
      @Time-LapseVideos  6 років тому

      They play at the Alamodome as part of their spring training, and to attract more fans from the San Antonio area.

    • @joemartin1253
      @joemartin1253 6 років тому

      Alex Ledesma Stupid questions!

  • @doseofreality100
    @doseofreality100 6 років тому +4

    Such an illusion. This configuration is a TINY field.... not just in right field. It's just that the distance to RF is so small it makes the CF and LF dimensions look expansive. Thing is.... this field is about the same size as my high school field was. It's a pathetic 280 feet to right field. Despite looking deep as hell, it's only 395 to that corner in dead center. And in LF it's a moderate 340 feet.... which is on the small side of the spectrum as far as pro baseball is concerned. It's hard to believe this place hosts MLB games once in a while.... granted usually spring training games, but still. The Dodgers and Rangers played there in 2015 during that year's spring games. The Dodgers hit 3 HRs in the first inning.... yeah. It's puzzling too. I mean it's a very.... VERY pathetic 280 feet to right. But look at all that foul territory down the third base line. If they'd just slide the whole infield toward the side where this camera is set up they could conceivably add about 20-30 feet to the RF dimensions while still maintaining a decent amount of foul territory down the 3B line. I mean just sliding that infield 20 feet toward us (the viewer) would make the RF dimensions a less of a joke, but still a joke nonetheless, at 300 feet even while maintaining the LF dimensions. I don't know. It's clearly not a place designed for baseball, that's for sure, but it just seems like they could alter the placement and angle of that infield to maximize the overall dimensions to a better degree if you ask me.

    • @Ben-xp4gu
      @Ben-xp4gu 6 років тому +1

      The reason the home plate is so far out is because of sight lines from the upper seating. the first year it was pushed back and people couldn't see.
      Realistcally the 2 games played here are just so fans from another city can get a chance to see the rangers play a game.

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      @@Ben-xp4gu The exhibition games that are played here at the end of spring training is to bring the Rangers or the Astros fans that live in Central Texas a MLB game to attend without having to fly or drive to Arlington or Houston several hours away... The combined metros of San Antonio and Austin is approaching SIX million, far too many for the Rangers and Astros to ignore... The Rangers have never drawn 3 million for one season, a goal they do desire to do, every fan attending a MLB game in Arlington from Central Texas is welcomed...

  • @lionsfan7500
    @lionsfan7500 4 роки тому +3

    For the residents of San Antonio I'm sure this was a cool novelty having a couple MLB games in town but shame on the MLB for not taking this a bit more seriously and doing the field the right way and also why not play two regular season games there, with every team getting 81 home games a year it wouldn't hurt to have two teams give up 1 home game a piece and have a 2 game series. The Astros vs the Rangers twice a year at the Alamo dome, and I know both games would sell out! San Antonio is a good sports town and deserve something cool like this!

    • @ronclark9724
      @ronclark9724 Рік тому

      While MLB waves the short right field wall for a exhibition game, I doubt it would do so for a MLB regular season game...

  • @ryanstrnad8442
    @ryanstrnad8442 6 років тому

    I remember the SUPERDOME would host a spring training game or two during some weekends back in the 80s and 90s. There, theyd have regulation foul lines (315ft minimum). I don't believe that would be possible there now with there past renovations. Back then, even for football games, the sideline seats would be farther back than usual.

  • @BHV0810
    @BHV0810 6 років тому

    Home of the 2018 Final Four

  • @jaredesham9380
    @jaredesham9380 3 роки тому

    anyone else wondering how many homers get smashed over that like 200ft right field wall

  • @snakm
    @snakm 4 роки тому

    daaamn, the effort it takes for a baseball field tho

  • @joeylawn36111
    @joeylawn36111 3 роки тому +1

    Gonna hazard a guess that the Rangers haven't been back since....

    • @vincentsemenowitz1
      @vincentsemenowitz1 3 роки тому

      I kinda thought thay you were talking about the Rangers in Scotland based of your profile picture and then I remembered that this was a baseball video

    • @joeylawn36111
      @joeylawn36111 3 роки тому

      @@vincentsemenowitz1 I'm one of the few Baggies fans here in the USA

    • @vincentsemenowitz1
      @vincentsemenowitz1 3 роки тому

      @@joeylawn36111 I like Wolves so...

    • @joeylawn36111
      @joeylawn36111 3 роки тому

      @@vincentsemenowitz1 Wouldn’t mind being in 13th place right now....😞

    • @vincentsemenowitz1
      @vincentsemenowitz1 3 роки тому +1

      @@joeylawn36111 lol

  • @SleepscapeSerenity
    @SleepscapeSerenity 3 роки тому

    more crew than fans at the motley crue gig...

  • @thedukeofswellington1827
    @thedukeofswellington1827 2 роки тому +1

    what were the dimensions? whats the RF wall?

  • @twowombmates
    @twowombmates Рік тому

    the number of times something is done and redone!!- must be a union gig. M